My computer!!!

Hey guys,
An unforunate event has occurred... My father dropped my computer, therefore it is no longer able to charge. I am currently using my iTouch, which, however nice it may be, is not as nice as my computer. So! Until further notice, my posts will be a lot shorter and less frequent. Apologies.
To make up for this, here is a picture of my adorable kitty.





Love, Sarah
@)~

A Thought, A Prologue, A Drawing

While sitting in my room, I'm writing, drawing, and listening to music. One of the lines in a song by Flyleaf (great band) is "I love you, please see and believe again." A lie decided this would be the 'opportune moment' to sneak up on me and say, "Hey! What if your best friends didn't believe in God anymore?" And I said to it, "Why, that's utterly preposterous!" But it surprised me... Surprised as in so shocked that my body wouldn't move for a couple seconds.... not a very pleasant feeling. Anyways, what if that did happen? Hmm...

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What have I been drawing and writing? Here it is!! Doodoodoo!!


    She was surrounded. The five men had backed her into an alley and were closing in, knives in hand. The girl, Morgan, backed up until she hit a large dumpster. All around her were tin trashcans and plastic trash bags. She couldn’t back up any more. She was completely trapped. The brick walls of the apartments surrounding the alley looked miles high, and the only windows were on the second story. The man on the far right of the gang spoke, an evil smirk pasted on his ugly, scarred face. “Well, little girl… Give it up! Maybe if you don’t put up a fight we’ll be a tad nicer…” He chuckled a deep, evil-sounding laugh and his companions joined in his sinister glee. Morgan shut her eyes. This is it… she thought, I’m done for… I’m sorry… She relaxed and lifted up one side of her mouth in a half-hearted smile. So, this is what the face of death looks like, huh? Not very scary…
    “Morgan!” The girl stopped smiling and tensed again. She heard a voice in her head. The voice calmly spoke a command. “Say it.”
    What? Say what?
    “You know what to say. Say it NOW.”
    “Praemium!!” Morgan shouted, without knowing what it meant. Her eyes snapped open, but instead of the five men, the looming brick walls, and the garbage, she saw bright white, as if a white star had swallowed her. She also felt strangely peaceful – the way she felt right before she fell asleep.
    From the outside, though, this was an even stranger occurrence. The girl who had once looked helpless, harmless, and innocent was now the most frightening sight the gang had ever seen. Her body slowly paled and became as white as snow, as did her brown hair, and she glowed as brightly as the sun. Only her eyes were dark – they were completely pure black. She began to levitate, her feet lifting a couple feet off of the ground. Her black, lightweight skirt and her glowing white hair began wildly thrashing about in the incredibly strong wind that seemed to originate from the girl’s body. Ever her blue shirt, which was almost skintight, was affected by the wind. The men looked away, shielding their faces from the bright light and wind. The trash bags began rolling around, and the trashcans toppled over. Even the large dumpster was pushed away from the girl.
    She raised her arms from her torso so they were straight out to the sides and faced her palms up. Over each of her hands, a small, light blue flame formed. She brought her hands together and in front of her swiftly, keeping her elbows extended, as if she was clapping. Everything paused for a split second – the fire and wind disappeared and it was silent. Then a sound came out, but not the normal sharp sound of a clap. It was the deafening sound of an explosion. Suddenly, the wind resumed, and everything around Morgan burst into flames – the dumpster, the trash bags. Even the tin trashcans glowed red-hot as they burned. The flames were normal orange flames, but instead of the warm glow of a normal fire, these flames cast a shadow over all around them. The entire alley was pitch black, except the flames and the girl, who now glowed the color of an x-ray. The men had also been engulfed in flames and lay on the ground, writhing in pain, trying in vain to put out the fire.
    Morgan only felt peace and sleepiness as all of this was happening. It was as if an entirely different consciousness had taken over her body, and she was just in a dark room of nothing, curled up and floating around. Then she heard men screaming, and fire crackling. The overwhelming peace started to diminish and she found herself feeling completely exhausted. She was in control of her body again, but all she wanted to do was sleep. She looked around, but all she saw was fire, then she slumped to the ground, unconscious.

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The quote is "... but instead of the warm glow of a normal fire, this flame cast a shadow over all around it..."
The quality is really terrible... but I don't know how to work my scanner, so this is the best I'll get. *pout*

10 things

Okay, I'm the kind of girl who can be completely serious... then two seconds later make a u-turn and be laughing my head off. I can also switch topics in a conversation like a maniac. Well... I am a maniac, but who cares?
Today is a random kind of day, so this is a random kind of post. 10 random things! Yeah!

1) In answer to your question, Mr. Frey, the manga of Rosario Vampire is really good. I LOVE the style, and I really wish the author made more... but he only wrote one more thing... I haven't watched the anime... don't think I will...

2) I saw two and a half movies today. Yes, two and a half. First, I went with my friend Rachael and her cousins to see Sherlock Holmes. Props to Robert Downey Jr.! He was quite spectacular, and pulled off the British accent quite nicely. Amazing creepy/gothic factor in the movie. That was something I was looking for. Throughout the books, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has a great gothic side to the story... I love it... Then we watched a quarter of Bedtime Stories. Quite the hilarious movie. Then Rachael's mother decided we should watch 500 Days of Summer, so we did. It was good, but really, really, really sad..... Also, a complete chick flick. Then we watched another quarter of Bedtime Stories! Then my dad came to pick us up...

3) I just posted this on accident, sorry. GWAH!! That's slightly irritating... hrm.

4) I don't know how to delete a post, but keep it for later editing... I just realized that. Help!!

5) I've been in a Taylor Swift mood for a while. Currently listening to Love Story for the second time... in a row... I love that song! It's so sweet! *ahem* Sorry for my little girl moment.

6) Uhm... I have a fancy wristband. But it's not mine. My friend left it at my house. So I'm babysitting it. Hehe, that sounds funny. Anyways, it's living in my room for a while. I do hope it's comfortable.

7) 7 is my second favourite number, just because of the way it looks. I also like 4. 10 is my favourite number, although I'm not sure why. Also, J is my favourite letter in the alphabet... consequently it's the 10th letter in the alphabet. I didn't realize that for a while...

8) <- that looks like a smiley face. P) <- that looks like a pirate. QK <- that looks like a ninja

9) WE GOT A WII FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!! It's super exciting! Yay!!!

10) I'm debating on what music to get with my $15 worth of iTunes credit... Innocence and Instinct, Red's album, is my first choice. Suggestions?

Love, Sarah
@)~

Merry Christmas!!

Well, everybody's doing a post like this, so I thought I ought to follow suite.

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve already.... I mean, Nutcracker was done four days ago.........

Anyways, yesterday we had a party!! It was a pretty awesome party. We watched iRobot (which was a pretty good movie)... throughout the entire movie I was involved in an epic poking battle, though... Oh my, that was incredibly fun. We played White Elephant. I ended up getting something I gave to one of my friends last year...... a fuzzy unicorn coloring poster.... and some Reese's, so all's forgiven. *smile* We played cutthroat mafia, although I neither killed nor was killed... sad... Unfortunately by the end I had a terrible headache and had to lay on a couch while everybody went outside and had a snowball fight. *pout* Jalen was awesome and talked to me, though, to get my mind off the headache. (Thanks, J! You can have your wristband back soon...)

I've been reading a manga called Rosario Vampire. It's pretty good.... really weird... but then again, who am I to talk? This morning I looked in the mirror and saw myself as anime character....... sign number one that I'm addicted. *chuckle*
Also, I discovered my new favorite outfit. Black tights, my old beat up converse, black 3/4-sleeve tee, and a purple plaid dress over it. It's cool and cute and makes me really happy!! Yay!! Anyways...

I don't really have anything else to say... I should get to sleep so I can wake up tomorrow... If I have photos of it, I'll try to put them up.

Speaking of photos... Today I was looking through the Photobooth photos on my computer and ran across some I did to try and make a default photo for my blog. The one I have currently is... me at Frankenmuth, I think...
Well, here are two I took that I really like. Sorry for the background, but my room is full of stuff....

The top one is me with my violin! Yay!
Violin is something I do on the side... I teach to earn money... but that's about it. I'll probably quit after high school.

The bottom one is just me. No violin. I love my Kogepan shirt, though.... Kogepan means 'burnt bread' in Japanese. I also have a cool necklace from a cool friend. *smile*
This'll probably be my default photo now.

Anyways, merry Christmas to y'all! Hope it's wonderful and Christful in every single way!

Love, Sarah
@)~

There's a lot happening right now...

Hey!
Well, a lot has been piled on me... Nutcracker is over, and I just want a break... T_T

1) Something's wrong with my mom... she woke up on Friday with a pounding headache... She's lost 50% of her hearing... she can't really drive... Something's just not right. But... we don't know what it is. So prayer would be mucho appreciated. Thanks a bajillion.

2) My sister and our friend Brandon aren't interacting anymore... which is annoying and sad. They used to call each other big brother and little sister... but..... yeah... Anyways, that's stressing me out.... probably a lot more than it should, but still.... It's a bit depressing, as well.

3) CHRISTMAS IS IN FOUR DAYS. WHAT THE HECK. I still haven't done any Christmas shopping... Waaaaah!!!!! I haven't even thought about presents! Noooooo!!!
However, we can't forget it's CHRISTmas... not Giftmas...

4) Nutcracker is over and I'm just dead tired.... *sluggish feeling*

5) My room has been neglected since... beginning of December-ish. Let's just say I can't see half the floor...... augh.....

Okay, enough sobstories. Happy story time!!

My favourite song by Kutless (at present) is I'm Still Yours. It's so amazing... It really makes me think.

Oh, by the by... If you don't know me in person... I'm not British or from the south... I'm from Michigan! And it's very, very cold... But I spell somethings the British way (such as favourite and armour) and say y'all a lot...  just in case you were wondering...

That's all, I think... My head is swimming. Blarg.
Love, Sarah
@)~

I'm Still Yours ~ Kutless

If You washed away my vanity
If You took away my words
If all my world was swept away
Would You be enough for me?
Would my beating heart still sing?

If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives and takes away

If You take it all
This life You've given
Still my heart will sing to You

When my life is not what I expected
The plans I made have failed
When there's nothing left to steal me away
Will You be enough for me?
Will my broken heart still sing?

If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives
And takes away

If You take it all
This life You've given
Still my heart
Will sing to You

Even if You take it all away
You’ll never let me go
Take it all away
But I still know

That I'm Yours
I'm still Yours

Oh, I'm Yours
I'm still Yours
I'm still Yours

Whoa, Awesome!!

Hey guys!
I got back from the theatre a little while ago. We just had THE greatest show EVER! Oh my goodness... Sugar Plum Faerie (Allison) was PERFECT. Clara was gorgeous, as always. It was really, really great.
The two o'clock show is the one they filmed. It went pretty well. Nothing terrible happened. Well, Spanish missed their lift, but that was about it. And they covered it well. But right now I'm really excited!
Tomorrow is our last show... :( Actually, my pointe shoes are on the brink of death, so I'm pretty happy it's almost over.

I also changed my editor so now it's all cool lookin' and fancy.

Uhm...... I don't really have anything to post. I'm having a Taylor Swift kinda night.
"Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess." LOVE that line.

Anyways, I should get to bed. 
Night, y'all!

Love, Sarah
@)~

A Mumbled Jumbled Mess

Pretend it's all okay.
Pretend it won't hurt us.
Pretend we're perfectly fine.
We'll have fun at this masquerade.
We'll dance and laugh.
We'll talk and joke.
Nothing can hurt us behind our masks.
Nothing can touch us now.
Hide our true colors.
Hide what's behind.

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I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to lose you. If I lose you, I won't be myself anymore. I'll sometimes wear the mask. People won't be able to see the true me then. The real me. The me I want people to know. The me that loves. The me that hates. The me that feels emotion. My mask covers emotion. My mask covers love. My mask covers hate. My mask can't hide the real me from myself. The me that's in pain. The me that's suffering. My mask covers my whole self, and unless you really know where to look, you'll lose me. You'll lose the real me. I don't want to hide behind my mask.
Will someone unmask me? Shame comes with unmasking, but I don't care. I don't want to play this game anymore. I just want to be able to love. I just want to be able to feel joy. The mask hinders emotions. The mask saturates me in insensitivity. Shame will go away. Shame is a tiny, tiny demon. Demons are easily beaten down and destroyed.
Please... steal my mask away. Reveal my true self. I can't do it alone, because I've lost the border between the mask and my face. I can't see it. Find the border. Tear off the mask. Without it I will be able to love you.
But you have a mask. Will you let me take it off? Will you allow me to see the true you? The you that loves with unhindered love? The you that feels joy without boundaries? The real you? The you I want to love?

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"I’m not afraid, I’m not ashamed, I’m not to blame,
Welcome to the masquerade.
I’m not ashamed, I’m not afraid, I’m not okay,
Welcome to the masquerade"
~ Thousand Foot Krutch

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Hey guys,
Well, I'm not happy right now. One of my best friends has decided that he is going to be the hero and go off and prepare himself for I-don't-know-what alone. Well, alone with Jesus. I mean, I guess that's cool. But it kind of makes me sad. I mean, I worked really hard to keep him in our circle of friends. Hm... failed at that, I guess. I don't know what to do now. I mean, I really want to chase after him and tell him that we need him back.... but I also think maybe it's better just to let him go. I mean, he said he'd come back... eventually...
Well, let's compare. Maybe that'll help us think. And I mean me when I say us, I'm just making myself plural.

Reasons for him to stay:
~He's going to college next year. He should stay for this last semester.
~I'll miss him. Of course, this is a selfish reason... but whatever.
~I don't think leaving would be good for him... for many reasons.

Reasons for him to leave:
~It'd be a whole lot less stressful for all of us involved with him.
~We all need time to cool off and chill out.
~ ... I can't think of another reason.

I just want him back. He's my big brother. Well, not blood, but he's like my big brother. Losing friends is painful. I've already learned this first hand. I don't want to go through it again. I know I'm sounding awfully selfish... But I don't want him to go through that, either. If he does this, he's going to lose so many people.
And if you see this, Nii-chan... I miss you. I don't want you to go. I'm sorry...

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Sorry for the depressing post, y'all.
Alright, well, I'm in the midst of Nutcracker right now!! Aaaaah!!!!! Today was opening night. Well... REAL opening night. We had a school show yesterday, but that doesn't really count.
It went quite well. One spill... Sugar Plum Faerie slipped.... oops.
Makeup is STILL on my face after a shower, 3 kinds of makeup remover/face cleanser.... gaaaaah.....
Anyways, it's really late, and we have two shows tomorrow!! Plus Disco! Aaah! I'm so excited!! I'll see if I can get any pictures.... But I'd need to steal the camera from my sister. Hm....
Oh, and Merry Christmas! Six more days! ......... wait, WHAT?!? SIX MORE DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS?!??? ............... AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *minor freak out* ... ahem. Wow, I can't believe it.... Nutcracker really has taken over my life! Gah! >_<

Love, Sarah
@)~

Yeah, it's really late.

I can't sleep. There's way too much on my mind.
I also had root beer about 3 hours ago, so that doesn't help.

Anyways, I just need to let my brain relax. Just let a bunch of junk out.
I apologize if the spelling/grammar in this post is atrocious, but I don't type well late at night.

Anyways, my mind is kind of all over the place.
Some of my closest friends and I are caught in this nasty fight. Well, not exactly a fight... but this ain't goin' so hot. I don't know what's wrong, but something is messing with us. It's not cool.

On top of that, Nutcracker tech starts tomorrow. I still need to work on fixing a tutu, sewing a pair of pointe shoes, getting a new leotard, finding blush, finding gel, the list goes on and on.

In addition to THAT, Christmas is soon, and I don't have gifts for any of my friends. I don't have time. Nutcracker ends on the 20th... so that gives me five days for family. I have no idea what to get anybody.

And I'm sick. For the second time this month.

I'm sorry for whining. I'm just kind of really sick of stress. I thought it would leave after school..... but no. It lied. Dang it...

Well, I thought I made a post yesterday, the 14th, but I guess I was wrong. Hm...
My days have been a squashed together. I'll be pretty glad once Nutcracker is over and I can just rest from everything.

Alright, there's a yawn. I should probably go to sleep, considering it's... wow... really early.
I feel bad leaving you with a post that's all bad things.......

So..... good things? Good things good things. I've been having really random happy moments today. I also found purple eyeliner. Rawr means I love you in dinosaur. I'm really random right now! Yes! No! Nay! Horses eat hay! Oi vey... ha, that rhymed and I didn't even mean it to.

Love, Sarah
@)~

TWO DAYS!!!! AAAAAAH!!!!!!

Hey look! Post 123! That's pretty exciting!

Anyways, two days until the theatre!!!! AAAAAAAH!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!

Also, I added a new widget/gadget/whatchamacallit. So now you can rate my posts! Huzzah! I have yet to know if it works... so test it, please! *smile*

Yesterday was one of the better days of my year. Merci beaucoup to the Sparrows! Rest in pieces, pointy stick... *laugh*

Mm... I don't really know what to post.

I've been sick for a couple days...

Sorry for all these random spaces. I'll leave now. Sayoonara!

Love, Sarah
@)~

Nutcracker yet again!!!

Hey guys!

I'm super excited! I'm in the Nutcracker again this year, and next week we move into the theater!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!! Tuesday is our first tech rehearsal!!!! I'm soooooo excited, but really nervous, too. I never get stage fright, considering I've been on the stage since age 3, but I get nervous before rehearsals. Especially this year, because I'll be dancing a lot in the snow. Not real snow... Just a bunch of hole punched paper that falls from a bag in the ceiling. But it's really slippery, and last year one of the girls had a pretty big spill. Anyways, I'm excited for that. I do need to sew more pointe shoes.... hrm...

Anyways, today should be pretty fun. I got back from a pretty good ballet class a little while ago. Unfortunately, the AC in our studio is malfunctioning, so it gets incredibly stuffy in there. We had to open the window and the door so we could get some cool air... *sadface* I'll be leaving for rehearsal in about an hour, then I'm going to the Sparrow's house to watch a movie and hang out! Yay! Sadly, my sister can't join us for the movie, because she has to go to some concert. I'm so glad I don't take piano lessons anymore... *relieved sigh*

RFOTD! (Random fact of the day) Right now there is a tutu hanging from my bed, and probably shedding little paper bits all over the floor.

Hm... I feel like I'm forgetting something, but I can't figure out what...
Oh, I got a new hoodie! With wolves on it! That's exciting.

... What am I forgetting??? Ah well. I'll remember sooner or later. Probably later, while I'm dancing.

Love, Sarah
@)~

OH!!! I remembered!!! I found my phone! Well, my sister, Lydia, found my phone. Apparently I dropped it on the driveway... it was out all night... whilst it was snowing... T_T
The only damage it suffered, however, was a nasty looking crack on the front. Huzzah!

A New Gadget!!

Hey guys!
So, I'm uber-excited! I just got a music player on my blog!!! It's waaaaay at the bottom... check it out! You can also skip or pause the song as you, my dear reader, wish. Pretty nifty, huh. Thanks to Jessica for the idea... even if it wasn't a direct you-should-get-this-thingy idea.

Anyways... at current the songs are
1) Wrapped in Your Arms ~ Fireflight :: This is pretty much my favourite song ever.
2) You'll Always Be My Best Friend ~ Relient K :: This is my current second favourite.
3) There For You ~ Flyleaf
4) Fearless ~ Taylor Swift
5) Time of Dying ~ Three Days Grace
6) Keep Holding On ~ Avril Lavigne :: I usually don't like her songs, but this one is amazing.
7) The Reason ~ Hoobastank
8) Jesus Freak ~ DC Talk

Suggest songs you like, and mayhap they'll end up on here.
I have to go... there was one more thing I wanted to post though. I'll do that tonight, I guess.

Love, Sarah
@)~

Sad day...

Today is the first Tuesday in a four month I have not had to get up at an insane hour. That's because Explorers (our homeschool group) is over... *poutpout*
I enjoyed sleeping in quite a bit, however I dislike the not-getting-to-see-people part. Tuesday is my seeing-people day! Lifeteen is canceled as well, because it's (let's see if I get this right) the Feast of Immaculate Conception. Meaning there's Mass instead of Prayer Meeting... And well... I won't go to the mass... So I don't get to see any of my Lifeteen friends either. *sadface*
Instead of going there tonight, I'm going to my ballet teacher's house to eat soup and build a gingerbread house! YES!!!
Alright, I need to go work on history now.

Love, Sarah
@)~

I want to post...

...but I don't know what to post about. Hm... I guess I'll just tell y'all random facts about this week.

1) I lost my phone... dang it... I really need to find that... Maybe if I cleaned my room more often... heh heh...
2) Last night I went to mass at my friend's church. That was nice. I finally got the courage to go up during the Eucharist and ask for a blessing... *talks to self* Sarah, Fr. Ed really isn't that scary. Silly child.
3) I'm loving this 'no homework' thing right now. Unfortunately, I'll need to start catching up with algebra and history now... *poutpout*
4) I've been really tired lately. Which really isn't cool. At all. Urg... I'll be happy when Nutcracker is over.
5) Yesterday was St. Nicolas' day! So we got presents! Yay! I got this itty bitty speaker thing for my iPod. It's pretty sweet.
6) I changed my hair... I'll post a picture sometime... maybe... if I remember...
7) I found the greatest song EVER! You'll Always Be My Best Friend by Relient K. It made my friend's mom cry.... oops. o.O

Mm... I think that's enough random for one day.
Wait, not quite. This morning I (finally) got my computer to upload some CDs. Now I have both Taylor Swift and Fearless by Taylor Swift, Awake by Skillet, and uhm.... Kutless... whatsitcalled... Well, anyways. I have 4 new albums on my iPod now! YES!!!
... IT IS WELL! That one! It Is Well by Kutless. So I have like... 42 new songs.... well, they're not all new. 41 new songs. I had one before. I'm happy!!!

Lyrics to You'll Always Be My Best Friend :
[Matt Hoopes on vocals]

I wish I knew you
Way back when
Before you were part of my plans
I think that we would have been friends

There's only time to live our lives
And you'll be the one who's by my side
And I can promise you then
You'll always be my best friend

Till the end when we part
I will give you my heart
And I'll promise to love you with all that it is
And I'll promise to be there whenever you need me
Because you'll always be my best friend

You'll always be my best friend [x5]

Awesome song. Listen to it sometime.


Love, Sarah
@)~

I Love You

I can't remember if I posted on this a while back... it might have been a journal entry...
Well, anyways.

"I love you." That's such a beautiful phrase. It sounds nice, it feels nice, it even looks nice! If someone says, "I love you," to you, and really means it, it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
I can say "I love you" in a bunch of different languages, too!
Je t'aime, ich liebe dich, te amo, te iubesc, ti amo, daisuki, ya tebya lyublyu, rawr, and I love you. French, German, Spanish, Romanian, Italian, Japanese (I can write it, too), Russian , dinosaur (haha), and English. I can also sign it! That's ten different languages!! Sweet!

Madly in Love...

What does it mean? Like you're so crazy that you're in love? Or that you're so in love that your crazy? Or you're really angry because you're in love? Or you in love because you're really angry??? I'd like input on this.... It's mostly the second, I think... Ah well.
Anyways, you're probably wondering why I'm thinking about this. Truth be told, I don't really know. It's just been on my mind today.

Well, I've been feeling really bleh lately. I got home from Richmond after Thanksgiving and was still sick. I've been sick for about a week. It's kinda starting to bug me... Well, at least all the school I have is going to the library some time in the near future... meaning after Christmas... hehe.
Uhmmmmmm-uhmm-uhmm... that's it... I think...
Oh, I'm watching an anime series called D.Gray Man. It's really cool... I have like... 10 more episodes.

That's all!
Love, Sarah
@)~

What was that?

Hey guys,
So, last night I went to a prayer meeting. I've been sick, I was tired, and I didn't eat dinner, so I was feeling really out of it. Well, I don't know what happened, but I was feeling really, really sad. I kept feeling like something was going to take my friends away. Like it was taking them away... I was just shaking and crying, and could hardly move by myself... I didn't want to let go of my friend who was sitting praying with me. It got so bad that I ended up having to be carried to my car. Not cool.
I don't know what it was, but I don't want it to come back. I know that it was pushing lies at me, because really? What's going to take you guys away? However, it was scary. I was in a really weak state, too, so it got to me way more than it normally would....
Soooo prayer would be super cool....
I'm better now. Well, somewhat. I can walk now... My nose is incredibly stuffy, probably from a combination of being sick and crying... I feel kinda light-headed, too... Ah well. I'll be fine. No worries!

Oh, another thing. Don't worry. About anything. I know everybody does, but it's really not healthy. I appreciate it when people worry about me, but I don't really like it... I mean, I know it means they care enough to fret, but worry just leads to stress... which is probably one of the main factors of the episode as described above. So! Don't worry! God will take care of it in the way and in the time he has planned.

On a happier note, Explorers is over for the semester, so I don't have much homework for a while! Yes! I need to think of Christmas and Nutcracker now... *determined* Alright! Come on Sarah! Only a couple more weeks!

Love,
@)~